CEO's Blog

Read the latest thoughts, analysis, and observations from CMI's Chief Executive, Ann Francke OBE.

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Topic: Employment Landscape

Four outtakes from National Apprenticeship Week 2021

“You can get anywhere with an apprenticeship”. How doing a management apprenticeship can fire up your career

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Topic: Workplace Culture

Don’t stop moaning, Bill Michael

The boss of KPMG quit after telling his people to ‘stop moaning’. But isn’t allowing your people to moan beneficial?

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Topic: Personal Development

‘Share sparkling as well as challenging moments’: CMI members share lessons from 2020

Have a clear vision. Go with the flow. Share sparkling moments as well as challenges. The CMI community shares 2020 learnings

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Topic: Governance

We’ve gone platinum…

CMI were recently awarded Investors in People Platinum status. Here are some responses from the CMI team on this accolade

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Topic: Mental Health and Wellbeing

Leaders eat last!

Education leaders face a specific set of challenges in keeping schools and universities going at a confusing time

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Topic: Crisis Management

A wake-up call for the west – 13 ways we can reverse our decline

A powerful new book debates how the Coronavirus pandemic has exposed weaknesses in western leadership and proposes solutions

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Topic: Mental Health and Wellbeing

“I can’t do this anymore” – What happens when we burn out?

Classified as an ‘occupational phenomenon’ by the World Health Organization, what actually happens when we burn out?

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Topic: Employability

“My energy is limited, and it’s always better to focus on the positive things”

Magid Magid, the youngest mayor of Sheffield, gives us an insight into how he built his resilience

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Topic: Crisis Management

“Covid-19 taught me to throw caution to the wind”

This Chartered Manager tells us how their military history helped inform their immediate decisions during the crisis

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Topic: Mental Health and Wellbeing

the best time ever to go to the gym?

Here’s the Truth About the Connection Between Physical Exercise and Mental Health and Performance at Work…

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